The vessels will come in at 226,000 gross tons with capacity to sail with more than 8,300 passengers and crew.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating why more than 90 cruise passengers got sick on a Royal Caribbean ship that docked in Tampa on Saturday morning.

There have been 6 gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on cruise ships — 3 of which were attributed to Norovirus — in less than ...